Admiral carl schultz, u. S. Coast guard. Very good to have you here. Lieutenant general jeffrey rockwell, good to have you with us. General norman lewis, don of joint forces staff college. General carl robinson, air force, done of the Dwight D Eisenhower school. Rear admiral larry jackson, director for center of joint strategic logistics. Rear admiral Michael Brown is with us this evening. Susan eisenhower, we cannot forget miss Priscilla Roberts and ambassador walter stadler. I am sure there are many of you i have not mentioned. It is a pleasure to have you with us. As you know, the National Defense university is the worlds premier institute for studies in National Defense and International Security strategy. At the National Defense university foundation, we are focused on two things. Ensuring we train and educate our Security Leaders to prevent conflict when possible and wi n decisively when necessary. Tonights event is bringing together the foremost thought leaders in National Secur
Arkansas law professor. Watch landmark cases live monday at 8 00 eastern on cspan, cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. For broupd on each case, order a copy of the landmark cases companion book. Its available for 8. 95 plus shipping and handling. And for an additional resource, theres a link on our website to the National Constitution centers interactive constitution. Next a tour of springwood estate in hyde park, new york. The birthplace, home, and final resting place of president Franklin Roosevelt. Well hear about president roosevelts live inside the home which is now a National Historic site. This was home. This is where his heart always was. He always told his friends and neighbors this is where my heart was and it always will be. This is where he drew strength and happiness throughout his entire life. Franklin Eleanor Roosevelt the 30 second president of the United States was born and raised in this house and he was buried right here on the estate as well. The rus
The estate as well. The roosevelts originally had a different estate. A little bit down the road from this property. And the house burnt to the ground in 1865. And then fdr father mr. James roosevelt purchased this property to be their new home in the Hudson Valley. Fdr parents were james and sarah dell a more roosevelt. And mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah. Her name was rebecca holland. And she passed away in 1876. And four years later in 1880, mr. James married miss sarah. He was 52 years old. And she was only 26. So she was half his age. And james and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Roosevelt. When mr. James roosevelt, his father bought this father in 1867, it was a 17 room farm house, about 110 acres of land, several out buildings which he paid the sum of 40,000 which today is price of expensive car but back in those days a nice amount of money. The house was endarged by fdr in 1915, because by then he had a growing family. And he had decided as early as 1907, 25
Paul sparrow, director of the fdr library, what is this room and what kind of history was major . This room was totally unique in the president ial Library System because its the only room that actually use by sitting president at a president ial library. When fdr for Start Construction on the library in 1938 he eight you soon he would leave office at the end of 1940 at the end of his second term as every president before him had but because of the rising tensions in europe, the Democratic Party nominated him for a third term and he was elected. So when this library open in june 1941 he was still president. So this became essentially the northern oval office. He was up here on many, many occasions. He entertained both political leaders like Winston Churchill and shang kaishek from china. He did write a broadcast from here. Two of his fireside chats and for other reader broadcast all came from the film during that period annually conducted the war in europe and the pacific from this roo
Huckabee. See that conversation tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Xxx join us on cspan3 sunday for an American History tv live special. The 19 ch 67 detroit riots. 50th anniversary. At noon eastern, Pulitzer Prize winning historian Heather Ann Thompson of the university of michigan and Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor steven henderson. At 1 15 p. M. Eastern former Detroit Police chief isaiah, ike mckinnon and former Detroit Free Press journalist tim kiska. An American History tv special. The 1967 detroit riots. 50th anniversary, live, sunday t noon eastern on cspan3. For the next hour, an American History tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits hyde park, new york, to learn more about its unique history. For six years now, weve traveled the cities across the u. S. To explore their literary and historic sites. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org cities tour. This was home. This was where his heart always was. He once said to his friends and neighbors, my heart has